Robert Hobdy
collected 1955–2022
3,595 specimens, collected between 1955 and 2022 on 897 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 25 specimens for others.
On the labels as Hobdy, R.W., Hobdy, R., Robert Hobdy, Hobdy, W., R Hobdy.
- Specimens
- 3,595
- Type specimens
- 72
- Years in the field
- 68
- Islands
- 29
- Species
- 1,228
- Identifications
- 25
- In the Library
- 2
- Named after
- 4
Where Hobdy collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Sesbania tomentosa, 1955 (Lānaʻi). Latest: Sporobolus fertilis, 2022.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
2025
Amaranthus pakai (Amaranthaceae), a new critically endangered species from the Hawaiian Islands.Faccenda, K., N.D. Bayón, K. Waselkov, and R.W. Hobdy · Novon
Museum research publication
1993
Notes on rediscovery, status and ecology of the very rare fern Christella boydiae (Thelypteridaceae)Medeiros, A.C., Hobdy, R.W. & Wagner, W.H., Jr · American Fern Journal 83(3): 86-89.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Hobdy
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Hobdy. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
From the field
As a determiner
25 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: